Chapter 2 RUDá: SHE JUST WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL

LEAVING THE WIND KISS HIS LITTLE FACE,RUDÁ SAW, IN A PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER THAT BOOTED IN THE WATER, A PHOTO OF A GIRL KICKING A SOCCER BALL.

THE IMAGE STAYED IN HER MIND, AS THE CANOE WENT AWAY, AND THE NEWSPAPER PAGE WAS WINNING THE CURRENTS OF THE OIAPOQUE RIVER.

WHEN HE REACHED TWELVE YEARS OF AGE, HIS PARENTS DECIDED TO LEAVE THE FOREST, TO LIVE WITH CIVILIZED MEN IN THE CITY, IT WAS THEN THAT THINGS GOT DIFFICULT.

BECAUSE IN THE FOREST, THEY DEPENDED ONLY ON THE MOTHER NATURE, WHICH GIVED THE HUNTING, FRUITS, FISH, VEGETABLES, AND EVEN NATURAL REMEDIES.

WHEN THEY STARTED LIVING WITH CIVILIZED MEN IN THE CITY OF OIAPOQUE, SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT VERY MUCH, THEY WERE DIFFERENT IN SEVERAL ASPECTS.

THEY WERE RUDE PEOPLE, FALSE LIARS, AND EVIL, SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WOKE UP IN THE MORNING, WALKING LEGUAGES, TOGETHER WITH HER MOTHER AND FATHER.

TO WORK ON A HUGE CORN AND SOYBEAN PLANTATION, LEAVING HOME WITH HEAVY STUFFED BACK, TO EARN SOME COINS, AND A BASIC BASKET THAT DID NOT EVEN HAVE JACARE MEAT, SHE THOUGHT.

ON AN EXHAUSTING WORKING DAY, HIS PARENTS ASKED RUDÁ TO GO HOME EARLIER, DUE TO THE HEAT IT WAS.